I’m a little late in sharing this (well, about three days) but things have been a little bit busy around these parts.  The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s awards were announced a few days ago.  You can view the full list here.

For the purposes of those of us who are obsessed with trying to predict all the Oscar nominees, our main concern is with the 6 movies that were nominated for the Best Feature Award.  Best Documentary Feature is, traditionally, one of the most difficult categories to predict.  Every little bit of info helps.  All 6 of the movies listed below have also been included on the list of the 124 documentaries that have been deemed to be Oscar-eligible this year.

Best Feature Award
Amy,
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,
Listen to Me Marlon,
The Look of Silence,
The Russian Woodpecker,
What Happened, Miss Simone?

Despite making an effort to see more documentaries this year, Amy is the only one of the above nominees that I’ve actually watched.  It definitely deserves to be nominated.

One final question: though Going Clear was not nominated by the IDA, it is Oscar-eligible.  If Going Clear did somehow get an Oscar nomination, would Tom Cruise and John Travolta still show up for the ceremony?